Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-419 (2026)

Hospital, defined

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(1) Hospital means a facility where diagnosis, treatment, medical care, obstetrical care, nursing care, or related services are provided on an outpatient basis or on an inpatient basis for a period of more than twenty-four consecutive hours to persons who have an illness, injury, or deformity or to aged or infirm persons requiring or receiving convalescent care.

(2) Hospital includes a facility or part of a facility which provides space for a general acute hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a long-term care hospital, a critical access hospital, or a psychiatric or mental hospital.

(3) Hospital does not include a health care practitioner facility in which persons do not receive care or treatment for a period of more than twenty-four consecutive hours.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Lauer v. Golden Living Ctr., 28 Neb. Ct. App. 729 (Neb. Ct. App. 2020).

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Lauer v. Golden Living Ctr., 28 Neb. Ct. App. 729 (Neb. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-419 (Reissue 2018). [6] To establish a prima facie case of medical malpractice, a plaintiff must show (1) the applicable standard of care, (2) that the defendant(s) deviated from that standard of care, and (3) that this deviation was the proximate cause…”

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